Surat Thani governor snarls at Thai Smile's flight axe planTravellers board a Thai Smile aeroplane in Surat Thani airport last week. (Photo: Supapong Chaolan)The governor of Surat Thani has asked Thai Smile Airways not to cease its flight services to the southern province in order to protect its tourism. The governor said that more passengers were using the flight services to Surat Thani after the Covid-19 pandemic. In the first half of this year, Surat Thani airport served 695,682 passengers, the governor said. Business operators in Surat Thani said Thai Airways and its subsidiary Thai Smile Airways had operated flighs to the southern province for about four decades.

Source: Bangkok Post August 27, 2023 11:07 UTC